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#1 2010-09-15 14:14:13

shamanstk
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Registered: 2009-11-11
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[Solved] Arch equivalent of emerge

I was wondering if there's a program or script that is similar to pacbuilder but will also upgrade my system. I'm imagining something like gentoo's emerge. I know pacbuilder will compile my whole system, but I would like to compile new packages as well.

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#2 2010-09-15 14:20:04

flamelab
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Re: [Solved] Arch equivalent of emerge

Check bauerbill, it has options to do such thing.

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#3 2010-09-15 14:20:50

karol
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Re: [Solved] Arch equivalent of emerge

shamanstk wrote:

I was wondering if there's a program or script that is similar to pacbuilder but will also upgrade my system. I'm imagining something like gentoo's emerge. I know pacbuilder will compile my whole system, but I would like to compile new packages as well.

Why not switch to gentoo then?

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#4 2010-09-15 14:38:12

shamanstk
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Re: [Solved] Arch equivalent of emerge

karol wrote:

Why not switch to gentoo then?

I like Arch's bsd-style init system, makepkg's, and AUR. I also want a binary of everything for testing out new packages or for when I can't/don't feel like waiting for a compile. I'll give bauerbill a shot tho.

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#5 2010-09-15 21:49:30

shamanstk
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Re: [Solved] Arch equivalent of emerge

Buerbill is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks flamelab.

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